Patents by Inventor Chih-Feng Chang
Chih-Feng Chang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20200071143Abstract: A transportation apparatus includes a delivering device, an elevating unit and a loading device. The delivering device is horizontally movable. The elevating unit is disposed under and mounted to the delivering device, and is vertically extendable and contractible relative to the delivering device. The loading device is adapted for loading and unloading an object, and includes a moving unit and a fork unit. The moving unit includes a moving base horizontally movable along a lower first axis parallel to a first direction relative to the elevating unit. The fork unit includes two fork prongs being horizontally spaced apart from each other along a second direction which is transverse to the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventor: Chih-Feng CHANG
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Publication number: 20200071145Abstract: An elevating device includes an upper connecting seat, a lower connecting seat, at least one scissors unit, and a hoist. The lower connecting seat is vertically movable relative to the upper connecting seat between an upper position and a lower position. The at least one scissors unit interconnects the upper connecting seat and the lower connecting seat. The hoist is operable to release a rope to thereby move the lower connecting seat to the lower position and convert the at least one scissors unit to the expanded state, and is further operable to retract the rope to thereby move the lower connecting seat to the upper position and convert the at least one scissors unit to the contracted state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventor: Chih-Feng Chang
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Publication number: 20200024879Abstract: An adjustable hinge assembly includes a first hinge leaf, a second hinge leaf hinge-coupled to the first hinge leaf, and a hinge pin. The first hinge leaf defines a first knuckle hole corresponding to the hinge pin, and the second hinge leaf defines a second knuckle hole corresponding to the hinge pin. The first hinge leaf is hinge-coupled to the second hinge leaf by the hinge pin, the first knuckle hole, and the second knuckle hole. The hinge pin is movable within the first knuckle hole to adjust a position of the first hinge leaf relative to the second hinge leaf.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: HSUEH-CHIN LU, HUNG-LIANG CHUNG, CHIH-FENG CHANG
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Patent number: 10470332Abstract: A server cabinet includes a base plate, a number of sidewalls, a top plate, and a number of reinforcing ribs. The sidewalls are arranged surrounding the base plate and coupled between the top plate and the base plate to form a cavity. A portion of the sidewalls defines a number of receiving grooves. The reinforcing ribs are received within the receiving grooves and coupled to at least one of the sidewalls and the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Hsueh-Chin Lu, Kuo-Chih Hung, Hung-Liang Chung, Chih-Feng Chang
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Patent number: 10260549Abstract: A quick-release engagement device for a female threaded member includes a tubular member and an actuating unit. The tubular member includes a contractible portion which has a male threaded segment and an actuated segment, and which is divided into a plurality of contractible sectors by a plurality of slits. The actuating unit is configured to press the actuated segment to permit the contractible sectors to deform synchronously from an expanded state, where the female threaded member is permitted to be in threaded engagement with the male threaded segment, to a contracted state, where the female threaded member is permitted to be quickly sleeved on or removed from the male threaded segment.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: MULTI-TEK FASTENERS & PARTS MANUFACTURER CORP.Inventor: Chih-Feng Chang
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Publication number: 20180180088Abstract: A male threaded fastener for a female threaded fastener has a shank and a male thread having a proximate standard thread portion and a non-standard thread portion. The proximate standard thread portion has a plurality of standard male thread turns which define a standard pitch. A distal one of the standard male thread turns and a most proximate non-standard thread turn of the non-standard thread portion define a first pitch different from the standard pitch.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventor: Chih-Feng Chang
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Publication number: 20180080492Abstract: A quick-release engagement device for a female threaded member includes a tubular member and an actuating unit. The tubular member includes a contractible portion which has a male threaded segment and an actuated segment, and which is divided into a plurality of contractible sectors by a plurality of slits. The actuating unit is configured to press the actuated segment to permit the contractible sectors to deform synchronously from an expanded state, where the female threaded member is permitted to be quickly sleeved on or removed from the male threaded segment, to a contracted state, where the female threaded member is permitted to be in threaded engagement with the male threaded segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: MULTI-TEK FASTENERS & PARTS MANUFACTURER CORP.Inventor: Chih-Feng CHANG
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Patent number: 8352666Abstract: A signal transmission interface includes: a USB audio format encoding unit adapted to be coupled to a digital broadcast receiving end, for converting a digital audio signal that originates from the digital broadcast receiving end into a USB audio signal; a USB hub coupled to the USB audio format encoding unit and adapted to be coupled to a host end, for transmitting the USB audio signal to the host end and receiving a USB control signal that originates from the host end; and a USB/serial transmission bus bridge unit coupled to the USB hub and adapted to be coupled to the digital broadcast receiving end, for converting the USB control signal that is transmitted from the USB hub into a serial transmission bus control signal, and transmitting the serial transmission bus control signal to the digital broadcast receiving end.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corp.Inventors: Tzu-Ping Lin, Chih-Hsiang Peng, Jui-Hsiang Chou, Cheng-Hsiung Hsu, Chih-Feng Chang
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Publication number: 20100306443Abstract: A signal transmission interface includes: a USB audio format encoding unit adapted to be coupled to a digital broadcast receiving end, for converting a digital audio signal that originates from the digital broadcast receiving end into a USB audio signal; a USB hub coupled to the USB audio format encoding unit and adapted to be coupled to a host end, for transmitting the USB audio signal to the host end and receiving a USB control signal that originates from the host end; and a USB/serial transmission bus bridge unit coupled to the USB hub and adapted to be coupled to the digital broadcast receiving end, for converting the USB control signal that is transmitted from the USB hub into a serial transmission bus control signal, and transmitting the serial transmission bus control signal to the digital broadcast receiving end.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.Inventors: Tzu-Ping Lin, Chih-Hsiang Peng, Jui-Hsiang Chou, Cheng-Hsiung Hsu, Chih-Feng Chang
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Patent number: 7197076Abstract: A method for locating partitions of a video image is provided. The method is used to simplify the process of obtaining the related information of neighboring partitions during the coding and decoding process for the video image. The method starts by mapping the storage units of a matrix to adjacent sub-blocks of a video image. The related information of the partitions is stored in the corresponding storage units. The related information of the neighboring partitions is obtained according to the relative locations of the storage units and the mapping relationship between the storage units and the sub-blocks.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: An Lnternet Products & Technology CompanyInventors: Chih-Feng Chang, Chun-Wen Hsu
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Patent number: 7197078Abstract: A video coding/decoding buffering apparatus and a buffering method thereof are provided. The method codes/decodes a current macro block to generate a corresponding unfiltered current macro block data, and a right data area and a bottom data area of the unfiltered current macro block data are stored. The unfiltered current macro block data is filtered to generate a filtered current macro block data, and a right data area and a bottom data area of the filtered current macro block data are stored. The stored data areas are used to code/decode the associated macro blocks.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2005Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: An Internet Products & Technology CompanyInventors: Chih-Feng Chang, Chun-Liang Tu
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Publication number: 20060109909Abstract: A decision mechanism for partition types of a macro block is provided. First, a rough motion estimation is performed on a macro block, so as to obtain a rough related information corresponding to various partition types. Then, one of the partition types is determined based on the rough related information. Afterwards, a fine related information is obtained by performing a fine motion estimation with the determined partition type on the macro block. Wherein, the increased pixel shift of the fine motion estimation is smaller than the increased pixel shift of the rough motion estimation. Accordingly, the decision mechanism for partition types of the macro block can reduce the motion estimation time and provide higher processing efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2005Publication date: May 25, 2006Inventors: Chih-Feng Chang, Chun-Liang Tu
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Publication number: 20060104363Abstract: A video coding/decoding buffering apparatus and a buffering method thereof are provided. The method codes/decodes a current macro block to generate a corresponding unfiltered current macro block data, and a right data area and a bottom data area of the unfiltered current macro block data are stored. The unfiltered current macro block data is filtered to generate a filtered current macro block data, and a right data area and a bottom data area of the filtered current macro block data are stored. The stored data areas are used to code/decode the associated macro blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2005Publication date: May 18, 2006Inventors: Chih-Feng Chang, Chun-Liang Tu
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Publication number: 20060104362Abstract: A method for locating partitions of a video image is provided. The method is used to simplify the process of obtaining the related information of neighboring partitions during the coding and decoding process for the video image. The method starts by mapping the storage units of a matrix to adjacent sub-blocks of a video image. The related information of the partitions is stored in the corresponding storage units. The related information of the neighboring partitions is obtained according to the relative locations of the storage units and the mapping relationship between the storage units and the sub-blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2005Publication date: May 18, 2006Inventors: Chih-Feng Chang, Chun-Wen Hsu
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Publication number: 20060104355Abstract: A method for setting the threshold of a fast motion estimation algorithm, which improves the accuracy precision of motion vectors at the edges of objects and the algorithm efficiency in the background area when used together with threshold-based fast motion estimation algorithms. The steps of the method includes determining whether a macroblock is located at the edge of a moving object; setting the threshold of the fast motion estimation algorithm to a smaller edge threshold when the macroblock is at an edge; and setting the threshold of the fast motion estimation algorithm to a larger background threshold when the macroblock is not at an edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2004Publication date: May 18, 2006Inventors: Chih-Feng Chang, Chun-Liang Tu
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Patent number: 6778342Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for gratings able to resist dizziness, enhance color displayed, eliminate static electricity and block radiation. Steps included are: making a substrate with an enhanced glass or optical plastic glass or optical plastics; coating the surface of the substrate with dizziness-resistant films composed of evenly distributed nano-particles, wherein the inner layer is made of Cu particles or Al particles and the outer layer is made of Cr particles; forming a static-electricity-resistant layer on the grating's surface so as to form an optical diffraction grating able to resist dizziness, enhance color displayed, eliminate static electricity and block radiation.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Chipax Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tao-Kuang Chang, Chih-Feng Chang, Chih-Jung Chang
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Patent number: 6220805Abstract: The slotted screw is made with an apparatus for forming a slot in a semi-product of a screw prior to thread formation and includes a punch and a die mechanism. The die mechanism includes a tubular member, and an elongated die member formed integrally with a slot-forming plate which is located at a front end portion thereof and which has a uniform-thickness flat middle portion and two side portions that are wider than the middle portion. The semi-product can be compressed between the punch and the slot-forming plate of the die member in a central bore in a high-hardness block, which is fixed in the tubular member, to form the slot. Accordingly, the slot has a uniform-width middle portion and two end portions which are wider than the uniform-width middle portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Inventor: Chih-Feng Chang
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Patent number: 5904623Abstract: An apparatus for forming a slot in a semi-product of a bolt prior to thread formation includes a punch and a die mechanism. The die mechanism includes a tubular member, and an elongated die member formed integrally with a slot-forming plate which is located at a front end portion thereof and which has a uniform-thickness flat middle portion and two side portions that are wider than the middle portion. The semi-product can be compressed between the punch and the slot-forming plate of the die member in a central bore in a high-hardness block, which is fixed in the tubular member, to form the slot. Accordingly, the slot has a uniform-width middle portion and two end portions which are wider than the uniform-width middle portion. When threads are formed on the semi-product by means of a lathe, no projections are created in the uniform-width middle portion of the slot, thereby permitting a wedge-shaped end of a screwdriver to engage fittingly the uniform-width middle portion of the slot.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1998Date of Patent: May 18, 1999Inventor: Chih-Feng Chang